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H. BBHRENS. PNEUMATIG STRAW STAGKBR.

Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

W/TNESSES:

NITED STATES ATENT Fries'.

HENRY BEHRENS, OF HUN TINGBURG, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE INDIANAMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

PN EU MATIC STRAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,491, dated August25, 1896. Application mea January 14,1896. saai No. 575,448. et@ man.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY BEHRENS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Huntingl burg, in the county of Dubois and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PneumaticStraw-Stackers, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to that class of strawstacking apparatus commonlyknown as pneumatic straw-stackers, especially such as shown anddescribed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 467,476, to J amesBuchanan, and No. 493,734, to Joseph W. Nethery; and it consistsespecially in certain improvements upon or attachments to the hood onthe outer end of the discharging trunk or chute, whereby the directionof the straw is more effectually controlled than heretofore and saidstraw at will shielded from the wind on either side at the immediatepoint of delivery, all as will be hereinafter more particularlydescribed and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof,and lon which similar letters and iigures of reference indicate similarparts, Figure l is a perspective view of a fragment of athreshing-machine provided with a pneumatic straw-stacker embodying mysaid invention; Fig. 2, a fragmentary rear end elevation of the upperend of the trunk or chute of such straw-stacker with my improvementattached, on an enlarged scale; and Fig. 3, a top or plan view of thesame parts shown in Fig. 2.

As the threshing-machine and the greater portion of the straw-stackerare not of my present invention, and are or may be of any usual ordesired construction, they will not be further described herein exceptincidentally in describing said invention.

The trunk or chute l has on its outer end the usual or any desireddeflecting-hood 2, which serves the purpose fully set forth in the saidBuchanan patent, No.467 ,47 6. I-Ieretofore, however, there has been nomeans whereby the discharge of straw could be varied sidewise withoutmoving the entire structure of the delivery trunk or chute and no meanswhereby the straw could be pro` tected from the force of the wind fromeither side at the immediate point of delivery. As

before indicated, the purpose of my invention-is to supply this need,and I have theref ore provided a pivot rod or shaft A, which preferablyis mounted upon and extends up from the hood 2, although it mightobviously be mounted on the trunk or chute l, and upon this shaft, bymeans of suitable extensions and braces, as b b, I have secured the vshiftable deflecting plate or shield B. Cords 6o C and C are shown Vas ameans of shifting this deiiecting plate or shield from one position toanother, and are a preferable means for the purpose, although, ofcourse, other means may be substituted without departing from myinvention. The preferable form and arrangement of the several parts areillustrated in the drawings, but such details may, of course, be variedat pleasure.

Having thus fully described my said inven- 7o tion, what I claim as new,and desire to se- -cure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a pneumatic straw-stacker, ofavertically-pivoted deflecting-plate secured upon the outer end of thedelivery trunk or chute, and projecting beyond the discharging mouth orhood and means for adjusting the position of the same from side to sideof the trunk or chute as required, substantially as and for the purposes8o set forth.

2. The combination of the delivery trunk or chute of a pneumaticstraw-stacker, a hood thereon, a vertical pivot-shaft upon said hood,and a deiieoting-plate mounted upon said pivot-shaft with means forshifting the same thereon, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination, in a pneumatic strawi stacker, of the delivery trunkor chute, a 9o hood thereon, and a vertically-pivoted defleeting-plateadapted to be adjusted from side to side of the adjusting end of thetrunk or chute, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Huntingburg,Indiana, this 10th day of January, A. D. 1896.

HENRY BEHRENS. Witnesses:

JosAPH Bmx, TrIoMAs R. FISHER.

